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40% students drop out of UP madrasa exams on 1st day
Lucknow: Nearly 41,889 students, or 40 per cent, have dropped out of the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Board exams which began. Only 68,755 students turned up to take the exam on Wednesday,…
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UP: Police deployed in Tilhar after social media post on Prophet flares tempers
Shahjahanpur: Security was stepped up in the Tilhar area of the district here after a large number of people gathered outside a police station demanding the arrest of a youth accused of…
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Mukhtar Ansari acquitted in 2009 case but will remain in jail
Ghazipur: The Ghazipur MP/MLA court on Wednesday acquitted gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in an attempt to murder case. The case dates back to 2009 when one Meer Hasan had lodged a case of…
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UP: Man who worked as street light operator gets elected as Nagar Panchyat chairman
Shahjahanpur: From sleeping on streets hungry and attempting suicide, Mukhtar Ahmed Masoodi has come a long way to become the chairman of Meeranpur Katra Nagar Panchyat where he was earlier engaged as…
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UP civic body polls: AIMIM, AAP make fresh inroads state politics
Lucknow: Though the ruling BJP swept the Uttar Pradesh local body polls winning all the 17 mayor seats and bagging more than 50 per cent of the corporator seats, the elections saw…
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BJP fielded 395 Muslim candidates in UP local body polls: Party’s minority cell
Lucknow: The BJP fielded 395 Muslim candidates in the just-concluded local body elections in Uttar Pradesh and more than 40 of them won, including five on posts of nagar panchayat chairperson, according…
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Mohammad Aryan Tariq tops CISCE Class 12 exam in UP
Lucknow: Lucknow student Mohammad Aryan Tariq is the state topper of the CISCE Class 12 examination, the results of which were declared on Sunday. Tariq of City Montessori Inter College, Rajajipuram, is…
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Adityanath thanks people for forming ‘triple-engine’ govt in UP
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday thanked the people of Uttar Pradesh and congratulated BJP workers for forming a “triple-engine government” in the state after the party’s “biggest victory” in the…
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‘The Kerala Story’ draws nation’s attention to love jihad: Yogi after attending special screening
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday watched a special screening of ‘The Kerala Story’ here along with his ministerial colleagues, and claimed the movie draws the nation’s attention to…
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UP CM along with ministerial colleagues watches ‘The Kerala Story’ in special screening
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday along with his ministerial colleagues watched the film ‘The Kerala Story’ at the Lok Bhavan here. Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, Uttar…
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BJP MLA threatening officials caught on camera in UP
Bulandshahr: Laxmiraj Singh, BJP MLA from Sikandrabad in Bulandshahr district, has been caught on camera threatening government officials, including police, with dire consequences after the model code of conduct is lifted. “Agar…
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UP man kills wife, dumps body in septic tank
Moradabad: A young woman was brutally murdered by her husband who suspected that she was planning to kill him. The 35-year-old accused, Nanhe Khan, a mason, repeatedly stabbed her in the neck…
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Voting begins for assembly bypoll in Suar, Chhanbey seats in UP
Rampur: Voting got underway in the by-polls to the Suar and Chhanbey Assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday morning. There is a direct contest between the ruling coalition and the opposition Samajwadi…
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UP civic polls: SP gave tickets to those responsible for riots in Kanpur, says Yogi
Kanpur: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday hit out at the Samajwadi Party, alleging those responsible for riots and curfews in Kanpur were its candidates in the urban local body…
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Congress accuses BJP of using ‘The Kerala Story’ for cheap politics
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday hit out at the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh over its announcement that “The Kerala Story” will be tax-free in the state and accused the…
